Tax

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Pensions are the new tax dodge, especially for rich business owners
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 15, 2018
Pensions are the new tax dodge, especially for rich business owners

Barred from 20% tax break, wealthy professionals have found a new way to avoid hefty tax bills.

Claiming Social Security early has lasting impact on survivors
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 14, 2018
Claiming Social Security early has lasting impact on survivors

Rush to take benefits due to illness may not be the best move.

IRS provides guidance on pass-through taxes, targets loophole
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2018
IRS provides guidance on pass-through taxes, targets loophole

Proposed regulations make it clear the agency considers splitting up businesses to get around income limits abusive.

Tax changes fuel boom in Florida luxury home sales
RETIREMENT TAX AUG 09, 2018
Tax changes fuel boom in Florida luxury home sales

Refugees from New York area, where the limit on deducting state and local taxes will hit hard, are heading to the Sunshine State.

Are Roth conversions after 70½ advisable? 5 factors to consider
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2018
Are Roth conversions after 70½ advisable? 5 factors to consider

Future tax rates and when the money will be needed are among the things advisers should take into account.

Social Security finances worsen as reliance on the program increases
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 09, 2018
Social Security finances worsen as reliance on the program increases

New study predicts earlier exhaustion of trust fund in 2032.

IRS provides guidance on pass-through taxes, targets loophole
RETIREMENT TAX AUG 08, 2018
IRS provides guidance on pass-through taxes, targets loophole

Proposed regulations make it clear the agency considers splitting up businesses to get around income limits abusive.

Wages can boost Social Security taxes, Medicare premiums
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 07, 2018
Wages can boost Social Security taxes, Medicare premiums

Advisers must understand when individual or household income will trigger complex rules.

Uncover Unexpected Trends in the Social Security Earnings Test
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 03, 2018
Uncover Unexpected Trends in the Social Security Earnings Test

Benefits lost to excess earnings are restored at full retirement age.

Indexing capital gains for inflation could provide tax windfall
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 03, 2018
Indexing capital gains for inflation could provide tax windfall

Observers say the proposal could open up areas of arbitrage, depending on how it's drafted.

Where does the proposed indexing of capital gains leave retirement accounts?
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING AUG 01, 2018
Where does the proposed indexing of capital gains leave retirement accounts?

Retirement savers have also seen the purchasing power of their savings reduced by inflation.

Digital plus human equals the future of advice
RETIREMENT FINTECH AUG 01, 2018
Digital plus human equals the future of advice

Quantifying and delivering improved investor outcomes takes both a human adviser and advanced technology.

New tax rules strike fear into U.S. expat business owners
RETIREMENT TAX JUL 31, 2018
New tax rules strike fear into U.S. expat business owners

Multinationals face a one-time repatriation levy of up to 17.5%, plus annual Gilti levy.

RETIREMENT REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 31, 2018
Indexing capital gains for inflation would be tax windfall for clients

Observers say the proposal could open up areas of arbitrage, depending on how it's drafted

7 Surprising Facts About the Social Security Earnings Test
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 31, 2018
7 Surprising Facts About the Social Security Earnings Test

Benefits lost to excess earnings are restored at full retirement age.

Wall Street fears new international tax
RETIREMENT WIREHOUSES JUL 30, 2018
Wall Street fears new international tax

Levy on overseas profits was aimed at tech and pharma companies, but quirks in the way it's calculated mean it's likely to hit big banks.

IRS provides guidance on 529 plans
RETIREMENT REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 30, 2018
IRS provides guidance on 529 plans

IRS OKs up to $10,000 in K-12 spending and rollovers to ABLE accounts; makes recontributing tuition refunds to 529s tax-free.

A new tax break for impact investing has arrived
RETIREMENT ESG JUL 30, 2018
A new tax break for impact investing has arrived

These investments will make sense mainly for ultrahigh-net-worth clients, at least initially, according to tax experts.

Move to Florida to pay zero state personal income tax? Fuhgeddaboudit!
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 26, 2018
Move to Florida to pay zero state personal income tax? Fuhgeddaboudit!

Tax collectors in states like New York make it really hard to leave.

New GOP tax-cut framework would make individual cuts permanent
RETIREMENT REGULATION AND LEGISLATION JUL 25, 2018
New GOP tax-cut framework would make individual cuts permanent

Plan would also create universal savings accounts, but it doesn't offer fixes for glitches in last year's overhaul.